11 years ago
As the sun rose Friday morning, volunteers flooded into the Bicentennial Center's Heritage Hall to lend their hand to a service project by packing 50,000 macaroni and cheese meals for those in need. The assembly lines began measuring, pouring and packing noodles and cheese into plastic bags at 7am. As the clock struck 9am - boxes ...

11 years ago
A man wanted for threatening a person with a knife at the Chapel Ridge Apartments on Monday is captured following a high-speed chase Thursday night. Police arrested 30-year-old Jeffrey McLemore after he allegedly tried to hit an officer by backing his car at him - in the lot at the Traveler's Lodge on South Broadway. Police were ...

11 years ago
Federal regulators say a Union Pacific line has reopened a day after two trains collided in central Kansas. The line was reopened early Friday after the railroad replaced 400 feet of track on the main line and 300 feet on a side line. The accident occurred in McPherson County between Canton and Galva. National Transportation ...

11 years ago
Between 10:48 AM and 11:57 AM on August 3, 2014 forced entry was used to commit a burglary at Superior Plumbing, 1645 Copper Court. The following items were taken: CZ Model 82 9mm handgun in a red backpack 100 rounds of 9mm and 1,500 rounds of .22lr ammunition scrap copper Loss is estimated at $1,965. If you have any information concerning ...

11 years ago
Kansas authorities are looking for five girls who left a youth care facility in Newton. Newton Police Chief Jim Daily says the girls left the facility late Wednesday and early Thursday. The girls are considered endangered but police refused to give any more details about the escape or why they are endangered. Police say three of the ...

11 years ago
A motorcyclist in northeast Kansas has died after a pickup truck pulled in front of him. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Kurt Lucas was killed Thursday near Perry-Lecompton High School. They say the 49-year-old truck driver didn't yield to the Lucas while making a turn. Lucas tried to avoid the collision but hit the back of ...

11 years ago
A Flint Hills family is offering access to its 4,600-acre ranch to Wichita State University for research. The gift will help researchers in biology, geology, grassland studies, anthropology and other fields. The land is located about an hour southeast of Wichita. The estate of Earl and Terri Youngmeyer will retain ownership and the land won't be open ...

11 years ago
State Treasurer Ron Estes says the Kansas Cash booth at this year's state fair resulted in more than $750,000 in unclaimed property being returned to its rightful owners. The treasurer says the number of people stopping at the booth and searing for missing money in a computerized database this year was far greater than in recent ...

11 years ago
Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt wants a chance to argue in court that Kansas Democrats are legally obligated to pick a new nominee for U.S. Senate. Schmidt's office Thursday asked a three-judge panel in Shawnee County District Court for permission to file friend-of-the-court arguments in a disgruntled voter's lawsuit. A hearing in the case is set ...

11 years ago
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's top budget adviser says the administration has identified $101 million in savings to help the state reduce a $238 million budget shortfall predicted for July 2016. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan said Thursday the savings are in addition to efforts by seven major state agencies to review programs to find efficiencies. Sullivan discussed the ...

11 years ago
The headquarters unit at Fort Riley will deploy as part of the upcoming transition of authority in Iraq. According to the Army, about 500 Soldiers from the 1st Inf. Div.'s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion will deploy to the Central Command area of responsibility in late October. Of those 500, about 200 will deploy to Baghdad ...